The fifth film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was unleashed into theaters over the weekend, and Kaiju fans damn sure showed up to support it.
Godzilla x Kong topped the domestic box office in the #1 spot for its debut weekend, roaring to life with a massive $80 million Easter weekend debut here in the United States.
The team-up film made another $114 million at the international box office over the weekend, with the worldwide total for Godzilla x Kong already hitting $194 million thus far.
The even bigger story here? The MonsterVerse is now a $2 BILLION franchise!
For the sake of comparison, here are the domestic opening weekend numbers for the four previous films in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, which kicked off exactly ten years ago…
- Godzilla (2014) – $93 million
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) – $61 million
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – $47 million
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) – $31 million
The production budget for director Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong was reportedly $135 million, so the film should have no trouble turning a huge profit in the coming weeks.
Meagan wrote in her review of the new movie for Bloody Disgusting, “Wingard continues the kaiju spectacle with the latest Legendary Monsterverse crossover event, this time injecting an even greater sense of adventure and silliness. It’s the type of epic-sized popcorn movie that unleashes nonstop monster brawls and tongue-in-cheek humor in equal measure.”
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire sees the legendary Titans Godzilla and Kong team up to face a world-ending threat so terrifying that neither of them could survive it alone.
It seems pretty safe to say at this point in time that the Monsterverse isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, but a sixth movie has not yet been announced at this time. Stay tuned.
And let’s please renew “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” yeah?
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